Classroom Makeover and Art Alphabet Picture Cards

I love seeing my artists. We jumped right into finding our seats and painting within the first 10 minutes of class!

When I was a student I hated hearing all the rules and procedures over and over again so now I try not to bore my students. Basically my art rules are as follows: be nice.

Ok. Now that I have that covered, as well as the important items, seating charts and rules, I wanted my students to jump in and start creating. But, before we started working, I had many comments about how my classroom looked. See, I revamped my art room and gave my boring classroom a makeover! In the past I’ve spent so much of my time decorating the hallways I really never spent time on my room. I only had some basic art information displayed.

Let’s face it. We are in our rooms all the time. I wanted to make the art room a visually appealing space. No more cardboard boxes holding scrap paper or mis-matched food containers with oil pastels spilling over. My students deserve to have a beautiful space to create in so here are the details of my classroom makeover.

First, I wanted to use this adorable mural that my second grade students created.

I created a couple flowers to be displayed with the mural. Fun party fans were also used.

I purchased some awesome storage bins from The Dollar Tree and decorated them with fun ribbon.

Organize!

One of my goals this year is to stay organized. I am hoping these containers help. The pencil tub is totally paying off since I don’t have to dig under a cabinet now to find pencils. These are so easy to grab from when a student needs one.

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12 Comments

I LOVE the new look! What an inspiration for my own classroom! You're like me…always making sure the hallways are decorated with the student artwork, but my room can look fantastic too! And I am definitely buying those art alphabet cards 🙂

Love your room! I have a similar CREATE banner I made for my girls' painting party last year that I hung in one of my classrooms this year! It must be the year…I have had BORING rooms for the last 11years, but this year I'm so motivated to decorate! 🙂

Laura

Catie

December 29, 2016 at 9:14 am

When I’m wiped out from teaching and I go to your site I get so energized again to teach, you make art so exciting and I pull so many ideas from your posts, it’s great coming back to your site as a reference. I still want to know how you create your 3D pumpkins!

Painted Paper Art

I have been teaching elementary art for 20 years in Ohio. I love my job and watching my 750 students enjoy the process of creating. I love incorporating children's literature with art lessons, and anything to do with fun, colorful art. I am a mom to two lovable kids. I love to see fun projects and mix it up to create a new project. If you do post about a project please reference back to my blog. It is great getting comments and feedback to pass along to my students. Thanks for checking it out!
Enjoy, Laura